Double Bass Performer

I frequently perform with many groups around the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area including the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra and the Minnesota Opera. During the 2007-08 I will be performing with the Minnesota Opera in their productions of The Masked Ball and Rusalka. I also play with a small ensemble for Masses at St. Charles Borromeo Church in St. Anthony, Minnesota.

I have performed with orchestras in the Japan and England as well as in the United States. I have worked with several well known conductors, including Christoph Eschenbach, Sir Colin Davis, Roger Norrington, Zubin Mehta, and Henry Charles Smith. I have also performed with several well know artists, including Gil Shaham, Lynn Harrell, Joseph Swenson, Zwi Zeitlin, Jefferey Kahane and Bryn Tervel.

I studied with several noteable teachers, including Tom Martin, Bruce Bransby, James VanDemark, and Paul Ousley. I have a bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of Music and completed a one year Post-Diploma Orchestra Program at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where I was a student on full scholarship.

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If you would like to contact me:
e-mail michael@mwatsonmusic.com